Translation Suggestion

Abstract

Translation suggestion includes: receiving, by a translation engine from a user, text representing one or more words in a source language; translating, by the translation engine, the one or more words to a target language; identifying, by the translation engine in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user; and suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of translation suggestion, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a translation engine from a user, text representing one or more words in a source language;   translating, by the translation engine, the one or more words to a target language;   identifying, by the translation engine in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user; and   suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein, suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user further comprises:
 translating the common phrase from the target language back into the source language; and 
 suggesting the common phrase in the source language to the user. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein, suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user further comprises:
 suggesting the common phrase in the target language to the user. 
 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein translating the one or more words to a target language, identifying a common phrase in the target language, and suggesting the common phrase to the user is carried out dynamically, for each increment of received text. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein each increment of received text comprises one of:
 text received responsive to a keystroke on a keyboard; 
 text received as an output of a speech-to-text engine; and 
 text received responsive to user input on a touch screen. 
 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein identifying, in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user further comprises utilizing the translated words as an index into a corpus of common phrases in the target language. 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus for translation suggestion, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
 receiving, by a translation engine from a user, text representing one or more words in a source language;   translating, by the translation engine, the one or more words to a target language;   identifying, by the translation engine in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user; and   suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein, suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user further comprises:
 translating the common phrase from the target language back into the source language; and 
 suggesting the common phrase in the source language to the user. 
 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein, suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user further comprises:
 suggesting the common phrase in the target language to the user. 
 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein translating the one or more words to a target language, identifying a common phrase in the target language, and suggesting the common phrase to the user is carried out dynamically, for each increment of received text. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein each increment of received text comprises one of:
 text received responsive to a keystroke on a keyboard; 
 text received as an output of a speech-to-text engine; and 
 text received responsive to user input on a touch screen. 
 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein identifying, in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user further comprises utilizing the translated words as an index into a corpus of common phrases in the target language. 
     
     
         13 . A computer program product for translation suggestion, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
 receiving, by a translation engine from a user, text representing one or more words in a source language;   translating, by the translation engine, the one or more words to a target language;   identifying, by the translation engine in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user; and   suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user.   
     
     
         14 . The computer program product of  claim 13  wherein, suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user further comprises:
 translating the common phrase from the target language back into the source language; and 
 suggesting the common phrase in the source language to the user. 
 
     
     
         15 . The computer program product of  claim 13  wherein, suggesting, by the translation engine, the common phrase to the user further comprises:
 suggesting the common phrase in the target language to the user. 
 
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 13  wherein translating the one or more words to a target language, identifying a common phrase in the target language, and suggesting the common phrase to the user is carried out dynamically, for each increment of received text. 
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 16  wherein each increment of received text comprises one of:
 text received responsive to a keystroke on a keyboard; 
 text received as an output of a speech-to-text engine; and 
 text received responsive to user input on a touch screen. 
 
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 13  wherein identifying, in dependence upon the translated words, a common phrase in the target language for suggestion to the user further comprises utilizing the translated words as an index into a corpus of common phrases in the target language. 
     
     
         19 . The computer program product of  claim 13  wherein the computer readable medium comprises a signal medium. 
     
     
         20 . The computer program product of  claim 13  wherein the computer readable medium comprises a storage medium.